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the idea of being part of an international peacekeeping body we continue vigorously to support the united nations they wrote in their platform john bolton's head is exploding as we speak when it comes to working people the republicans back in the one nine hundred fifty s. knew that as they wrote their party's platform government must have a heart as well as a head that meant they said support for working people they said under the republican administration as our country has prospered so have its people this is as it should be for as president eisenhower said labor is the united states the men and women with their minds their hearts and hands create the wealth that is shared in this country they are america went on to say that prefer the record of performance of the republican administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further the federal minimum wage has been raised for more than two million workers social security has been extended to an additional ten million workers and the benefits raged for six and a half million the protection of unemployment insurance has bee
the idea of being part of an international peacekeeping body we continue vigorously to support the united nations they wrote in their platform john bolton's head is exploding as we speak when it comes to working people the republicans back in the one nine hundred fifty s. knew that as they wrote their party's platform government must have a heart as well as a head that meant they said support for working people they said under the republican administration as our country has prospered so have...
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the united states or the united nations excuse me elevated the new member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion on the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into night's big picture rubble and drones are supposed to be used in combat situations with our enemies and yet we're using them against people in nations that were allies with what kind of precedent are we setting for the future of drone warfare across the globe share my thoughts into that steely take. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the middle east history was made in new york city yesterday as the united nations general assembly approved a resolution that implicitly recognizes palestinian statehood in a vote of one hundred thirty eight to nine with forty one nations abstainin
the united states or the united nations excuse me elevated the new member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion on the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into...
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well internet surveillance will have no borders if the united nations against its way members of the united nations international telecommunications union have agreed to work toward putting in place standards for the internet that would allow ease dropping worldwide the u.n. says allowing spying on a global scale would allow authorities to detect when copyrighted material is transferred this is never raised in concerns of the u.s. house of representatives members say they don't feel right about the u.n. having the power to eavesdrop but this is the same congress that has made cybersecurity a top priority attempting to pass legislation like sopa pipa and most recently which allows the government to wiretap americans overseas for more let's go now to our t correspondent. in new york hi there anna stasia so first off can you tell us more about the un's proposal. well liz definitely sounds like a very scary and quite convoluted story as so of the body we're talking about here is the international telecommunications union the i.t. you this is a specialized agency within the united nations
well internet surveillance will have no borders if the united nations against its way members of the united nations international telecommunications union have agreed to work toward putting in place standards for the internet that would allow ease dropping worldwide the u.n. says allowing spying on a global scale would allow authorities to detect when copyrighted material is transferred this is never raised in concerns of the u.s. house of representatives members say they don't feel right about...
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would eliminate the for profit insurance companies and provide medicare for all individuals in the united states a former pediatrician and congressional fellow dr flowers worked within the system for years after the farmhouse i was traveling around the country and people kept saying well how are we going to get single payer i was speaking around you know various states and and i stole a kind of came together like oh well unless you know as a as a movement even though we're in the majority of the population once a single payer system we're not going to be strong enough as a single issue. kind of movement to have that kind of political power and health care is really part of a broader social economic justice movement anyway and so we really need to come together bring our strengths together combine our strengths to have the power and so i notice in my talks i was starting to shift more into you know calling for a broader movement as a core organizer of the october two thousand and eleven coalition that occupied freedom plaza in washington d.c. dr flowers thought fit to attend as an uninvite
would eliminate the for profit insurance companies and provide medicare for all individuals in the united states a former pediatrician and congressional fellow dr flowers worked within the system for years after the farmhouse i was traveling around the country and people kept saying well how are we going to get single payer i was speaking around you know various states and and i stole a kind of came together like oh well unless you know as a as a movement even though we're in the majority of...
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture why republicans so worried about the united nations taking over our government and if they really think of defunct nonprofit group help steal the election for president obama all that more in tonight's lone liberal rumble and thousands of men women and children die every year as a result of senseless and completely preventable gun violence but have we become a nation that's afraid to talk about guns and to create the laws that are needed to effectively regulate that will protect american lives. you need to know this paranoid delusions swept the floor of the united states senate on tuesday as a group of republican senators blocked ratification of a u.n. treaty to help disabled people around the planet the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities requires signatory u.n. nations to provide for disabled populations in the exact same way as does the american one nine hundred ninety americans with disabilities act the treaty would require absolutely no changes to current u.s. law suite already passed the american americans with
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture why republicans so worried about the united nations taking over our government and if they really think of defunct nonprofit group help steal the election for president obama all that more in tonight's lone liberal rumble and thousands of men women and children die every year as a result of senseless and completely preventable gun violence but have we become a nation that's afraid to talk about guns and to create the laws that are needed to...
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country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as all get it off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by the nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but they are important because they reflect world opinion and they certainly carry political weight so this is something that will make tel aviv sit up and take notice what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and will recognized with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu and nonce that he was approving some three thousand new sic the wholeness esse
country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as all get it off all countries who do have...
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certainly has what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and were recognized with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu or not that he was approving some three thousand new sickness home this essentially in an area known as the one which is in these two men the west bank and it does mean that these two areas will be cut off from each other the international criticism came harsh and came quickly we're not hearing that australia is the latest country to summon its ambassador to talk to him over this latest israeli move this doesn't follow announcements by force and bush and sweden that they were considering recording of their how best to do is over the so. from ted tell him we've since who are from paris that they are not going to record ambassador but that issue is still on the table and to quote the french ministry all options are available britain has also said that it's waiting to see how talks will go before the advances with this issue has been a lot of international condemnat
certainly has what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and were recognized with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu or not that he was approving some three thousand new sickness home this essentially in an area known as the one which is in these two men the west bank and it does mean that these two areas will be cut off from each other the international criticism came harsh and came...
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nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground to be a grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the average israeli on the street largely the response here is muted most israelis i've been talking to are actually biologic nori fundamental and historic occasion which is a far cry from the kind of reaction we witnessing on the streets in how it's fine. to towards the palestinian drive a greater independence has changed in the last year let's take european countries for instance you may recall in twenty eleven palestinians sought and finally received membership in the un's cultural agency unesco then the majority of european states either abstain or reject the bid one of the un vote thursday the czech
nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground to be a grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the...
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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv. but saving israeli college lecturer mary i said told me that thursday's you were move was directed against israel. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent both of us understand that there's a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv. but saving israeli college lecturer mary i said told me that thursday's you were move was directed against israel. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent both of us understand that there's a difference...
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of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine hold had to go for u.n. observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to hang out i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very foundations you wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon the one we go recourses just
of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine hold had to go for u.n. observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to hang out i guess until...
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nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground today grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the average israeli on the street largely the response here is muted most israelis i've been talking to are actually by and large ignoring this fundamental and historic occasion which is a far cry from the kind of reaction we witnessing on the streets in palestine oh yes jubilant palestinians have been celebrating a sort of recognition after the un overwhelmingly brought the misstep closer to an independent state activist in filmmaker harry fear explains why the vote was so crucial for them. well this is this there's increased recognition this increase in stages in the united nations is a manifestation of
nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground today grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the...
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nations i believe going to guide the united nations organization as a sort of revenge becomes a their motto is if the palestinians are in they're going to cut funding and you know the u.s. supports all those on an average of twenty five percent of the budget so it's time for iran and what. foresters obama the obama administration to do you don't took place reality and make a choice we're at a crossroads on this issue it's going to be up to obama and the americans to decide which way they're going to go because the international community is frankly. going to have to leave it there i'm afraid but thank you for your thoughts that was very early in dr franklin lamb an international lawyer and political analyst. fellow nobel peace prize laureates don't believe me you deserve to stand side by side with the past winners several previous appeals to man the block is stripped of the award as its bally's don't fit with that of alfred nobel and the ones he had in mind that's ahead for you plus less closes the deal to high tech innovators from abroad despite foreigners previously spearheading the
nations i believe going to guide the united nations organization as a sort of revenge becomes a their motto is if the palestinians are in they're going to cut funding and you know the u.s. supports all those on an average of twenty five percent of the budget so it's time for iran and what. foresters obama the obama administration to do you don't took place reality and make a choice we're at a crossroads on this issue it's going to be up to obama and the americans to decide which way they're...
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sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that the siege is already here i mean the united states' national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing the eagle system which is produced by french company amasis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide in perception system so so what's happened over the last ten years is . every decreasing costs of intercepting each individual now to the degree where is cheaper to intercept every individual than it is to pick particular people to spy upon and what's the what's the alternative this sort of utopian alternative that you would get for it so the token alternative is to try and gain independence for this for the internet to sort of clear independence versus the rest of the world and that's really quite important because if you think about what is human civilization that makes it into centrally human and civilized it is our shared knowledge that intellectual knowledge. it's somethi
sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that the siege is already here i mean the united states' national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing the eagle system which is produced by french company amasis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide in perception system so so what's happened over the last ten years is ....
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nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats who want to get me going with certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed an immense fatal blow to the remaining each month of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is all complex on behalf of the palestinian authority has built a painful blow to the p.a. because essentially can only cover around seventeen percent of its needs the rest of the money comes from this tax money comes from the united states and from the european union if you look at the sick the population in this country they too are also unhappy they do not believe that the israeli prime minister netanyahu will go ahead with building these units they believe that it's almost a cheap moves by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of genuine elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build vo
nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats who want to get me going with certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed an immense fatal blow to the remaining each month of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is all complex on...
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nations organization but from the very founding leader wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon what legal recourses does palestine have right now. well there are two in particular the first palestine can become a party to the statute of the international court of justice in the hague the so-called world court of the united nations system and then israel itself and the will court second alliston can now read a five the rome statute or the international criminal court and file a complaint against the highest level officials of the israeli government for war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide you saw one of the reactions of israel to the vote in the general assembly was to immediately announce the construction of more settlements are th
nations organization but from the very founding leader wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon what legal recourses does palestine have right now....
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all you guys are a bunch of knowledge six times a relational policy of the united states government to go on the talk shows and make blatantly false statements because it's in the name of national security you can say i have and i certainly have who can say i'm joy ride around for that drives everything i said minister as you can say i'm sorry that the information that i have access to doesn't allow me to comment on there is there is no evidence that susan rice believed she was lying who wanted to say on so why doesn't she say hate this was august this is what went on during said that last week she should never say you said i told bogus narrative now she says that no the director the cia said what she said was what we told her to co-host credit when he made a statement at the united nations that he later decided it wasn't accurate he publicly came forward and acknowledged that and corrected himself and the record she has yet to do that and address in the oval office weapons minister and when she did what she did it was politically opportune so you want to talk about politics guys or th
all you guys are a bunch of knowledge six times a relational policy of the united states government to go on the talk shows and make blatantly false statements because it's in the name of national security you can say i have and i certainly have who can say i'm joy ride around for that drives everything i said minister as you can say i'm sorry that the information that i have access to doesn't allow me to comment on there is there is no evidence that susan rice believed she was lying who wanted...
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nations the research was published this week in the journal environmental research letters is the nation barrels toward an environmental catastrophe republicans are intransigent and have appointed congressman lamar smith an outspoken denier of manmade climate change to head up the house science and technology committee which has oversight over our climate change policy meanwhile president obama's e.p.a. is taking steps to mitigate future climate disasters on thursday environmental protection agency announced that it is barring oil giant b.p. from receiving any new federal government contracts due to that foreign oil corporations quote lack of business integrity and quote following the two thousand and ten gulf oil spill b.p. recently agreed to pay for a half billion dollars in fines for the environmental catastrophe which will only put a slight dent in their corporate money chest but this latest move by the e.p.a. could be far more harmful to the company b.p. can still benefit from existing federal contracts but the department of interior has also banned b.p. from receiving any new lease
nations the research was published this week in the journal environmental research letters is the nation barrels toward an environmental catastrophe republicans are intransigent and have appointed congressman lamar smith an outspoken denier of manmade climate change to head up the house science and technology committee which has oversight over our climate change policy meanwhile president obama's e.p.a. is taking steps to mitigate future climate disasters on thursday environmental protection...
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nations i'm pretty sure that was the last time really that we have heard from him i want to play a quick part of that speech and then we'll talk about it the u.s. is ministration it in trying to arrange. a national regime of secrecy a national regime discussion regime where any government employee reviewing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced today like imprisonment or is being and. from the media organization. so is silence really pointing out once again some of the flaws the differences between the u.s. policies and their actions laura you have personally interviewed julian assange what are your thoughts on his state of mind his wellbeing after being stuck in this embassy for more than five months now well first i'd just like to tell you that i was in the ecuadorian embassy the night that julian essence gave his speech to the un and i can tell you that he made that speech in his sulks he's probably the only man who's ever given a speech to the u.n. in jest and just his stocking feet but i guess as you say you know there's no real reason for him to put his sho
nations i'm pretty sure that was the last time really that we have heard from him i want to play a quick part of that speech and then we'll talk about it the u.s. is ministration it in trying to arrange. a national regime of secrecy a national regime discussion regime where any government employee reviewing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced today like imprisonment or is being and. from the media organization. so is silence really pointing out once again some of the...
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states it's cheap it's available it's all over in the not too distant future any nation with a couple million dollars which is pretty much every nation on earth could have weaponized drones and tragically by firing drones into a nation that we're not even at war with we're setting a dangerous moral precedent and a arguably military prison for the future of drone warfare a washington post a.b.c. news poll shows that eighty three percent of americans support the bush obama drone policy. we can't imagine apparently that one day these same drones might be used against us by states nations or by well funded terrorist simply following our example or that our promises will probably spark a frenzy of drone wars around the planet the hysterical fear of terrorists and terrorism that bush and cheney hyped up for political purposes has so badly caused us to lose touch with that basic core guiding principle at the at the at the rock bed of american morality the golden rule america needs to reclaim the high moral ground and stop or at least limit to genuine combat situations our use of weaponized d
states it's cheap it's available it's all over in the not too distant future any nation with a couple million dollars which is pretty much every nation on earth could have weaponized drones and tragically by firing drones into a nation that we're not even at war with we're setting a dangerous moral precedent and a arguably military prison for the future of drone warfare a washington post a.b.c. news poll shows that eighty three percent of americans support the bush obama drone policy. we can't...
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all sorts of departments national security agency central intelligence agency other organs the united states government are also part of the defense establishment provide support for it you're almost up to a trillion dollars the issue is not the impact on the defense establishment is not going to make any difference in fundamental terms but the impact in local areas places like san diego that depend on billions of dollars of income from the defense industry that's the kind of impact that it will have and you've been in the military for a long time but you have a vantage point that a lot of us don't have are there any specific defense programs that could be cut or even abolished and not science well i think there are i think to be perfectly blunt right now the f. thirty five program is in a lot of trouble there's a lot of struggle inside the program several people have told me that you have got to cancel the f. thirty five b. this is the vertical takeoff and landing version of the f. thirty five to quote unquote save the program there are many people who are prepared to cut it because
all sorts of departments national security agency central intelligence agency other organs the united states government are also part of the defense establishment provide support for it you're almost up to a trillion dollars the issue is not the impact on the defense establishment is not going to make any difference in fundamental terms but the impact in local areas places like san diego that depend on billions of dollars of income from the defense industry that's the kind of impact that it...
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we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to fight this war training essentially because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really more about indoctrination make up an e.a. one of the children the us uses and as you know very successfully. in short the elites in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . a lot in terms of foreign policy a state law to them in terms of opening their economies up. to u.s. multinationals who would be and will be very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms and substantial qualities libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year along the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have other countries militaries integrated into the us
we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to fight this war training essentially because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really more about indoctrination make up an e.a. one of the children the us uses and as you know very successfully. in short the elites in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . a lot in terms of foreign policy a state law to...
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yahoo any united states are going to ceded and block the reconciliation which i think is very important so all poor those things have proven that for the first time eighteen you know who and his serco sosia as you know. lieberman they now they both agree that israel will take over everything they want in the public opinion areas so this is the first time in history that the problems tenure and prime minister and princess of present united states have been crossed up as far as their gold is concerned. amazing president carter confirmed that every former prime minister of israel prior to netanyahu had accepted the two state solution and isn't passion concern over the fact for the first time ever the government of israel what unabashedly continue to take over palestinian land unless something is done was a brutally honest plea that the international community should take heed to in fact he even followed up about israel while addressing the crowd that had gathered to watch the interview check out. i think that. the thing that's lacking in other places including including in the middle east
yahoo any united states are going to ceded and block the reconciliation which i think is very important so all poor those things have proven that for the first time eighteen you know who and his serco sosia as you know. lieberman they now they both agree that israel will take over everything they want in the public opinion areas so this is the first time in history that the problems tenure and prime minister and princess of present united states have been crossed up as far as their gold is...
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nation's drones the n.d.a. the surveillance state and the rapid erosion of the rule of law too bad it's not the sitting president but it was incredible to hear former u.s. president personally confirm to me what i've been saying on the show since it started that this country has strayed so far from the rule of law that the surveillance state must end if we want to have any semblance of the values this country was founded upon and that was an experience i'll never forget. now be sure to check out more of my trip to haiti and tomorrow's breaking the set and here's a little bit of what you can expect. when most of us think of haiti the first thought that might come to mind is the seven point six magnitude earthquake that devastated much of the country in two thousand and ten but in the poorest country in the western hemisphere eighty six percent of haitians lived in slums just like these even before the earthquake struck. after leaving the habitat for humanity camp i got a chance to see some of the most devastated
nation's drones the n.d.a. the surveillance state and the rapid erosion of the rule of law too bad it's not the sitting president but it was incredible to hear former u.s. president personally confirm to me what i've been saying on the show since it started that this country has strayed so far from the rule of law that the surveillance state must end if we want to have any semblance of the values this country was founded upon and that was an experience i'll never forget. now be sure to check...
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second and third largest cities this will add to his current media empire in the united states which includes the most watched cable news network in the nation fox so-called news and the most circulated newspaper in the country the wall street journal standing in the way of full spectrum media domination in america our federal communications commission rules that forbid one company from owning both a newspaper and a television station in one community. already owns local television stations in both chicago and los angeles according to sources within the f.c.c. chairman julius genachowski is quietly planning to scrap those rules under pressure from major media moguls like murdoch who see big box a huge political power and it consolidated national and local media genic house has circulated a new order to other f.c.c. commissioners that would allow for cross ownership of t.v. newspapers in the nation's twenty biggest media markets similar effort was made in two thousand and seven by george w. bush's f.c.c. but it was shot down after the senate vote voted to repeal it and a federal court
second and third largest cities this will add to his current media empire in the united states which includes the most watched cable news network in the nation fox so-called news and the most circulated newspaper in the country the wall street journal standing in the way of full spectrum media domination in america our federal communications commission rules that forbid one company from owning both a newspaper and a television station in one community. already owns local television stations in...